Hardware and Software
What is Hardware?
Hardware is the physical component of a computer. It is what you can touch or feel.An example would be: Mouse, RAM/ROM, and Microprocessor.

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What is Software?
Software is set of instructions or programs that make hardware function. Software is a bunch of instruction. It can be physical when it is stored in a CD-ROM.Some examples can be: operating systems such as Windows Vista or Mac OS X, or word processors such as Microsoft Word.

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Differences between Hardware and Software
Software is the set of instructions a computer has. Software can't function without hardware to run in.
Hardware is the physical things of a computer. Hardware is useless without software.